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- W. H. WRIGHT.

Y ANTIFRlcTloN BEARING. APPucATloN FILED sEPT.15,.1915""" Patented Aug. l5, 1916.

en an@ G A Trowvzy To all whom t may concer/1l:

UNITED STATES :PATENT onirica.y g

WILLIAM HAMILTON WRIGHT, OF PORT DOVER, ONTARIO, CANADA, ASVSIGNOBITO MARY ELIZABETH WRIGHT, OF PORT DOVER, ONTARIO, CANADA.

ANTIFRICTION-BEARING.

Be it known that I, WiLLmM HAMILTON WRIGHT, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of the town of Port Dover, county of Norfolk, and Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Antifriction- Bearings, of which the following is a full,

clear, and exact description.

My invention Arelates generally to antifriction bearings, andlmore particularlyfto that type of bearing in which tapered rollers are employed. f

The general object of my invention been to provide a bearing of this class which -shall be very compact, and thus occupyaI -comparatively small space.

Moreover, I have sought to provide a unitary bearing, the parts of which shall be so` constructed and united as to make it impossible for any of them to lbecome disengaged or misplaced.

Moreover, my bearing is simple 1n its construction and cheap to manufacture. It is so designed that it cannot get out of order or adjustment.

The aboveobjects and advantages have been accomplishedby the `device shown in the accompanying drawings` forming a part of this application, in which:

Figure 1 is a 'sectional view through one of my bearings. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the shoulder ring thereof. Fig. 3 is a Aaus fragmentary, sectional elevation of amodified form of my bearing.

In the drawings, 10 represents a fragmentary portion of the shaft to which my bearing is attached, and'll is a fragmentary portion of the casing or hub of the wheel. Carried by the shaft 10 is an inner bearing cone 12, and arranged Within the hub 11 is the outer bearing cone 13 of my device. Disposed between the inner and outer bearing cones are a plurality of rollers 14. These rollers have smooth, tapered peripheries and the bearing cones are provided with surfaces which correspond with the taper-fof the rollers. The outer bearing cone 13 is preferably provided at each end of its bearing surface with an annular groove 15. Ateach f end of the coneis provided an inwardly ex- Specification of Letters Patent.

v vided vwith .interior screw-threads.

vI atented Aug. 15, 1916.

' Application tiled September 15, 1915. Serial No. 50,799.

The inner'bearing cone 12 is provided at its outer end with an outwardly extending and integral shoulder 17. Between this shoulder and the end of the bearing surface is;

preferably provided an annular groove 18. The tapered surface of the cone 12 is preferably continued to the extreme end at the smaller side of the cone, which makes it .yery simple and easy to assemble vthe bearmg parts. Provided in the smaller end of the cone 12, and at the end of its bearing surface, is an annular and preferably squareshaped groove 19. After the rollers 14 have been placed in position between the inner and outer bearing cones 12 and 13, respectively, a solid, lock shoulder ring 20, which has been previously sized and heated, is l passed over the shoulder 21, formed at the outer edge of the groove. Before this shoulder ring is placed in the position shown'in the drawings it is made with a diameter somewhat less than the diameter of the bottom of the groove in which itis to be placed i and with a thickness slightly less than the width ofv that groove. It is thenexpanded by heat after which itis slipped over the end of one of thev bearing cones until it is immediately in line -with such groove. In this position it is cooled in any suitable way and "thereby contracted. Since the diameter of the ring before it is slipped into place is less than the diameter of the bottom of the groove and since the thickness of the ring is less than the width of the groove, when the ring yis contracted by cooling, the sur-v plus of metal in the body ofthe groove ex-' pands until it fills the groove and locks it against rotation and lateral movement. This fconstruction binds the-entire bearing together and makes it impossible for any parts thereofV to become loose or displaced.

In the modified form shown in Fig. 3, `the outer bearing cone 22 has its end 23 at the larger side of the bearing surface of sub-v stantially the same diameter as the larger diameter of the bearing surface, and pro- 24Yis a screw-threaded shoulder ring, which is screwed into the'end 23 of the outer bearobviously, some modifications of the 1e-'119't tails herein shown and described ma be made without departing from the spirit of my invention orthe scope of the apiended claims, and I do not wish to be limite to the exact embodiment herein shown and described.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. An anti-friction bearing comprising an inner bearing cone and an outer bearing cone, rollers disposed between said bearing cones, said inner bearing cone being provided with an annular groove, and a solid lock shoulder ring contracted tightly upon the bottom of the groove and being rigidly held in the groove against rotation and lateral movement.

2. An anti-friction bearing comprising an inner bearing cone and an outer bearing cone, rollers disposed between said bearing cones, said inner bearing cone being provided at one end with an outwardly extending shoulder and at the other end with an 'annular groove, a solid lock shoulder ring contracted tightly upon the bottom of the groove and being rigidly held in the groove against rotation and lateral movement, and said outer bearing cone being provided at each end with an inwardly extending shoulder.

3. Anv anti-friction bearing comprising an inner bearing cone and an outer bearing cone, rollers disposed between said bearing cones, said outer bearing cone having an inner diameter at its larger endl which is substantially the same as the larger diameter of its bearing surface, a screw threaded shoulder screwed ;gto the larger end of said cone, the smaller end of said inner bearing cone being provided with anannular groove, and a lock shoulder ring, having an innner diameter substantially the same as the diameter of the oove, shrunk into said groove.

4. An anti-friction bearing comprising an inner bearing cone and an outer bearing cone, rollers disposed between said bearing cones, said outer bearing cone having an inner dia-meter at its larger end which is substantially the same as the larger diameter of its bearing surface, a screw threaded shoulder screwed into the larger end of said cone, the smaller end of Said inner bearing cone being provided with an annular groove, a lock shoulder ring, having an inner diameter substantially the same as the diameter of the groove, shrunk into said groove, and

said outer bea-ring ring being provided at its smaller end with an inwardly extending shoulder.

In Vtestimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM HAMIL'DON WRIGHT.

Witnesses: Y

J. WM. ELLIS, WALTER H. KELLEY. 

